Abstract:Bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are ribosomally synthesized peptides or proteins that inhibit or kill the closely related species. Based on the merits of easy degradation by proteases, nonresistance and nontoxic side effects, plantaricin LPL-1 is a promising natural and safe biological preservative for food preservation industry. Aiming at the improvement of plantaricin LPL-1 from Lactobacillus plantarum LPL-1, the inhibitory activity (AU/mL) against Listeria monocytogenes 54002 was used as effect index, and the optimized medium composition was determined by response surface methodology. The major factors were determined as glucose, yeast extract and Tween-80 by single factor tests and Plackett-Burman tests. Based on the results of the steepest grade test and response surface methodology, the optimal medium composition was followed as glucose 208%, yeast extract 051%, tryptone 1.02%, beef extract 1%, Tween-80 1.02mL/L, K2HPO4 3g/L, NaAc 0.5%, MgSO4 0.2g/L, MnSO4 0.3g/L, triammonium citrate 2g/L, and ddH2O 1L. Under the optimal conditions, the inhibitory activity reached up to 75211AU/mL which was increased by 1.62 times. Finally, the research provided insight into the potential use of bacteriocin as a food preservative in the food industry.